How does your garden grow?

[lakngulf]

Can You Believe It

These late tomatoes did not care for our 43 degrees this morning, but will do great if we can get some warm fall days before the first frost.

 

[Larro Darro]

That is amazing. My late season tomatoes all fell by the wayside. I have a couple of plants still green, but the tomatoes haven't grown on them.

 

[/pine]

Anyone else have an issue with "flat" green beans ? This year the same brand seeds for full/half runners that I have previously had good luck with produced about 75%-80% flat beans...this is after the first picking...
Anyone know what causes this??

 

[Larro Darro]

Anyone else have an issue with "flat" green beans ? This year the same brand seeds for full/half runners that I have previously had good luck with produced about 75%-80% flat beans...this is after the first picking...
Anyone know what causes this??

My only issue with green beans was I couldn't get my late crop to grow. The heat killed three plantings. But my first planting of the pole beans and the bush beans produced the same throughout.

Larro

 

[tcreeley]

Tonight it is 33F. Tomorrow night some snow perhaps and Sun night high 20's. We got the last of the potatoes out- small and just sitting, two cabbages and turnips- let them go- so they are big. They are good in stew, cabbage or beef. I still have to clean the garden up- seems like I am always a few miles behind in my work! Here are some trunips. Critters left their mark. Oh and I found a cucumber full size lost in the weeds. It survived two frosts!
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[Larro Darro]

Margie just told me she wanted turnips planted. I know it's late, but I got out and pulled up posts and stakes from the tomatoes, and rolled up all the soaker hoses this afternoon. I'm working tomorrow, but I'll try to get it tilled up on Sunday and planted on Monday or Tuesday. Our coldest weather of the season is coming this weekend. Our low for Saturday and Sunday night is forecast at 36F. All we have left producing is peppers. I took some pictures a couple days ago, but they are on another computer.

Larro

 

[tcreeley]

Margie just told me she wanted turnips planted. I know it's late, but I got out and pulled up posts and stakes from the tomatoes, and rolled up all the soaker hoses this afternoon. I'm working tomorrow, but I'll try to get it tilled up on Sunday and planted on Monday or Tuesday. Our coldest weather of the season is coming this weekend. Our low for Saturday and Sunday night is forecast at 36F. All we have left producing is peppers. I took some pictures a couple days ago, but they are on another computer.

Larro

Turnips are tough and like cool weather- good luck!

 

[sixdogs]

LarroDarro

Here are my snake gourds that I let grow on a trellis to stretch most of them straight. I nipped off most of the flowers so I had fewer but better looking gourds. I found it's best to leave them on the vine until spring so they can dry out. Some are already mostly dry.

Also in the photo are some dipper gourds. Same growing and drying drill as above.

I don't know why one photo is sideways...it's straight in my computer.

What do you think?

 

[Duwop]

Six dogs, those are some good looking gourds, I too like to grow them. I will post some pics of mine tomorrow I don't have any pics tonight. I leave them on the vine well into winter to let them get dry. I also get them off the ground if any are touching to keep bugs from ruining them. I grow bird house and dipper gourds, I don't know why I just like to. I use dippers for dipping and I do make some bird houses too. I have tried to make instruments with them because one of my daughters is a music teacher that plays the flute so I thought it would be cool to make a true wood wind instrument.

 

[sixdogs]

Duwop--good deal. I used to pick mine and put them under cover but the ones laying outside did better than the ones I took care of. Even ones laying on the ground came out looking great. Some have been outside for nearly two years and still look to be in perfect condition. About ten years ago we went to a gourd festival and everything was made of gourds, including the instruments. The gourd band was excellent and I think I still have their CD if I can find it.

Here's a clip off of YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8-4yHQ4PxM